How do you pronounce "nee-chan" and "nii-chan"? Is the first one pronounced as "eat" and t...

Crimson January 19, 2017 12:14 pm

How do you pronounce "nee-chan" and "nii-chan"? Is the first one pronounced as "eat" and the second as "nice"?!!! Im very confused #-.-)

Responses
    Cyx January 19, 2017 12:21 pm

    I might be wrong but nee-chan is like next and nii-chan is like neat (i is pronounced as letter e like when you say the alphabet)

    silverivy13 January 19, 2017 12:24 pm

    Nee-chan is like a horse's neigh: neigh-chan, and Cyx is right about nii-chan being like neat, it's like knee-chan

    Amazingly anonymous January 19, 2017 12:34 pm

    if you're still confused and don't really know, start watching anime and you'll hear it eventually ;)

    lenalena January 19, 2017 2:48 pm

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VPJIwff3w0I

    (The syllables are o-ne-e and o-ni-i. When you say it normally, without pause, the ending vowels sound like one vowel spoken for longer. So onii sounds slightly different from oni.)

    Crimson January 20, 2017 12:05 am

    Thank you everyone, I think I got it ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ノ~